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The Official Mac Thread (Docs, Themes, Apps, Etc.)
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How can you tell the number of cycles from home? My battery was finished (and that nonsense on the last page happened) plus my AC is up so I think I'll be paying full for a new battery in my case.
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Charge only when needed. Let it run down, then recharge.
thanks
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What's the best way to determine what is taking up space on my macbook? I have 10gb free but I checked all my main folders (applications, music, movies, pictures, and documents) and it tells me it takes up about 82 gbs and my hard drive is 120. So is there a way I can find what is taking up all my space because I am trying to install some applications but I don't want to unless I find a way to free some space.
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You need to partition your drive. Allow one drive for all applications and OS, the other drive is for documents, music, etc.
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How do you customize icons in the dock thing or whatever??
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Candybar.
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My iphoto is legit gone... i searched for it and its nowhere to be found. Is this because I torrented iLife?
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Wow, a ton of mis information going on in this thread.
Let me start off with what applecare does and does not cover:
AppleCare covers DEFECTS of the hardware.
Batteries are consumable. Meaning that they will eventually die. AppleCare does not cover consumed batteries. To those of you that are shocked by this... When your batteries die in your remote for your TV do you call up Samsung/Sony/Panasonic and demand new batteries? No, you take you happy %$% to the store and buy new ones. Same goes for batteries in a computer.
To those that have batteries that have "expanded" like the pictures posted before. This is normal for any Li-Ion batteries in computers. It is a failsafe when the battery dies. The battery is not defective, it just died in a spectacular way.
All this voodoo about not using the computer while its plugged in, letting it discharge completely before recharging, and all the other mumbo jumbo about batteries needs to stop. Technology has come a long way since any of that was necessary. There is special circuitry built into the computer and the battery. You can use the battery all day every day while plugged in, its not going to hurt anything. You might need to recalibrate the battery, and possibly reset the SMC, but that is all. You also do not need to discharge completely before recharging. The computer/battery keeps a running tally of how much it gets discharged/charged. If you're running down the battery just so you can get to 1% so that you can recharge, you're actually hurting the battery more because you are using up cycle counts.
To those that say the bottom of their MB is getting hot. Stop using the damn thing on your lap/pillow/couch/bed. There's a reason Apple stopped calling them laptops. They are portables. They get hot. Same goes for your power adapters. Stop putting them on the carpet/bed/ect. It needs to be exposed so that it can dissipate heat.
Speaking of power adapters. Stop wrapping the damn cord around as tight as you can possibly go. This is why the wires fray and why half of them are melting the cords.
Everyone recommending iStat/SMCFan w/e/ all those other "temp sensing" applications. Apple did not release the API's for these applications to access the actual temperature of the components. All of these applications are giving you an estimate that can range wildly.
Transferring the AppleCare is a dumb move for 90% of people. You will only get covered on the new computer only up until the end of the original APP on the original computer. Example; Purchase MB today Aug 18 2011. Applecare will expire on Aug 18 2014. Say in 1 year you purchase a new MB. You transfer the APP to the new computer, APP will still end on the same day. You just short changed yourself a year. If you haven't had any repairs, get a refund for the remainder of the APP and use that towards the purchase of a new APP on the new computer.
Let me start off with what applecare does and does not cover:
AppleCare covers DEFECTS of the hardware.
Batteries are consumable. Meaning that they will eventually die. AppleCare does not cover consumed batteries. To those of you that are shocked by this... When your batteries die in your remote for your TV do you call up Samsung/Sony/Panasonic and demand new batteries? No, you take you happy %$% to the store and buy new ones. Same goes for batteries in a computer.
To those that have batteries that have "expanded" like the pictures posted before. This is normal for any Li-Ion batteries in computers. It is a failsafe when the battery dies. The battery is not defective, it just died in a spectacular way.
All this voodoo about not using the computer while its plugged in, letting it discharge completely before recharging, and all the other mumbo jumbo about batteries needs to stop. Technology has come a long way since any of that was necessary. There is special circuitry built into the computer and the battery. You can use the battery all day every day while plugged in, its not going to hurt anything. You might need to recalibrate the battery, and possibly reset the SMC, but that is all. You also do not need to discharge completely before recharging. The computer/battery keeps a running tally of how much it gets discharged/charged. If you're running down the battery just so you can get to 1% so that you can recharge, you're actually hurting the battery more because you are using up cycle counts.
To those that say the bottom of their MB is getting hot. Stop using the damn thing on your lap/pillow/couch/bed. There's a reason Apple stopped calling them laptops. They are portables. They get hot. Same goes for your power adapters. Stop putting them on the carpet/bed/ect. It needs to be exposed so that it can dissipate heat.
Speaking of power adapters. Stop wrapping the damn cord around as tight as you can possibly go. This is why the wires fray and why half of them are melting the cords.
Everyone recommending iStat/SMCFan w/e/ all those other "temp sensing" applications. Apple did not release the API's for these applications to access the actual temperature of the components. All of these applications are giving you an estimate that can range wildly.
Transferring the AppleCare is a dumb move for 90% of people. You will only get covered on the new computer only up until the end of the original APP on the original computer. Example; Purchase MB today Aug 18 2011. Applecare will expire on Aug 18 2014. Say in 1 year you purchase a new MB. You transfer the APP to the new computer, APP will still end on the same day. You just short changed yourself a year. If you haven't had any repairs, get a refund for the remainder of the APP and use that towards the purchase of a new APP on the new computer.
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My iphoto is legit gone... i searched for it and its nowhere to be found. Is this because I torrented iLife?
The app is gone or is your iPhoto Library is missing. You need to elaborate.
If you're just missing the iPhoto application and still have your iPhoto Library, you can just reinstall iPhoto. If your library is missing, sucks to be you. Hope you made a backup before upgrading.
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incase sale on gilt
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Probably lol you never mentioned torrented software previously, it could have tried to verify it during the upload & saw it was a cracked key/not legit copy.
iLife is super cheap on ebay/amazon.
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Hello everyone . first time posting on this ...
I have a Imac i got in 2007/2008 dont know the exact model . Everything was fine BUT now when i turn it on it makes that "DING" sounds turns white and the apple logo starts loading and then thats it , it just stays on that screen and wont move on to the login page. can anyone help me with a solution? i tried to reset with the disc and nothing happened now it is just inside the computer jammed . any help is appreciated thanks
I have a Imac i got in 2007/2008 dont know the exact model . Everything was fine BUT now when i turn it on it makes that "DING" sounds turns white and the apple logo starts loading and then thats it , it just stays on that screen and wont move on to the login page. can anyone help me with a solution? i tried to reset with the disc and nothing happened now it is just inside the computer jammed . any help is appreciated thanks
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^sounds like your hard drive is done
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anyway to replace or fix it ?
or a reset of some sort
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So it's 2011, and I just bought a 21.5" iMac. Any recommendations on a web browser? I cannot stand safari
I like Google Chrome, but I'm curious as to what is out there for mac.
I like Google Chrome, but I'm curious as to what is out there for mac.
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Google Chrome...Originally Posted by buggz05
So it's 2011, and I just bought a 21.5" iMac. Any recommendations on a web browser? I cannot stand safari
I like Google Chrome, but I'm curious as to what is out there for mac.
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My brother fixed my iMac. I think mine was the same year model and I had the same issue. The hardest part was taking apart the iMac because of its unibody. There are step by step instructions on how to do it. I just hope you backed up all you stuff because if not, you will have to some how extract all that off your failed harddrive. Also you can take it to a Apple certified computer tech but it will be costly. You might want to just take that money and invest it in another computer.
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Not much else?Originally Posted by marmourjr
Google Chrome...Originally Posted by buggz05
So it's 2011, and I just bought a 21.5" iMac. Any recommendations on a web browser? I cannot stand safari
I like Google Chrome, but I'm curious as to what is out there for mac.
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im getting an iPhone 4 tomorrow..............what recommendations can you guys make for cases?
I dont really want an otterbox, because I dont want to totally disguise the aesthetics of the phone itself.
thanks
I dont really want an otterbox, because I dont want to totally disguise the aesthetics of the phone itself.
thanks
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I use firefoxOriginally Posted by buggz05
Not much else?Originally Posted by marmourjr
Google Chrome...Originally Posted by buggz05
So it's 2011, and I just bought a 21.5" iMac. Any recommendations on a web browser? I cannot stand safari
I like Google Chrome, but I'm curious as to what is out there for mac.
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I love firefox but the two finger swipe in safari is keeping me on it. I was thinking about trying out chrome but I still haven't made the jump
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SafariOriginally Posted by buggz05
Not much else?Originally Posted by marmourjr
Google Chrome...Originally Posted by buggz05
So it's 2011, and I just bought a 21.5" iMac. Any recommendations on a web browser? I cannot stand safari
I like Google Chrome, but I'm curious as to what is out there for mac.
Chrome
Opera
Firefox
Camino are your options. I like Chrome best. Firefox isn't smooth on OSX
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firefox has swipe
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Sup y'all, can anybody recommend a good mac to ipod touch drag-n-drop application?
Freeware would be nice, but I'm also willing to pay if its a good program because I'll probably be using it more than once.
Freeware would be nice, but I'm also willing to pay if its a good program because I'll probably be using it more than once.
